Advanced Tournament 6-8 July

The tournament was won, as it was last year, by Nick Steiner, who served notice by recording the only TP against Duncan Hector in his first game. He then lost to Adrian Kirby but won his remaining five games to finish with six out of seven, just ahead of Nigel Polhill with 6/8, who won the prize for the most index points gained apart from Nick himself.

The weather played its part: the heatwave that had started in late June was still in full swing, the lawns were the colour of straw and shade was at a premium. It was a class field, with nine of the 14 players on scratch or better and manager Eric Audsley the highest handicapped on 2. Everyone coped pretty well with the tricky conditions - hoop approaches could be frustrating which led to many breaks coming to a premature end, and most games were fairly interactive with nearly half the results in single figures.

David Marsh and Graham Gale on lawn 2, with Adrian Kirby on lawn 4.

Many thanks to Geoff Strutt and his nephew, Tim Brewer, David Woolley and Wendy Audsley for lunches and teas and keeping the water jug topped up.

Nick Steiner (-½) 6/7 1 TP

Nigel Polhill (-½) 6/8

Cliff Jones (0) 5/7

David Marsh (-1) 4/6

David Harrison-Wood (-1) 4/6

Adrian Kirby (-½) 4/8

John Bevington (1½) 3/6

Clive Goode (½) 3/7

Graham Gale (-½) 3/7

Bryan Harral (-½) 3/7

Duncan Hector (-1) 3/7

Eric Audsley (2) 2/6

David Mooney (½) 1/8

George Collin (1½) 0/4

Nick Steiner, Graham Gale and Duncan Hector seeking shade.

The Pioneer Trophy, made by David Woolley and won by Nick Steiner. It commemorates the early members such as Vic Rees, Harry Green and John Wheeler who did so much to get the club established. See the photo on the History page.

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